Corn Variety CV847814 Breeding for Uniform Inbred Lines

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Solution Overview

Problem

Corn breeding aims to combine desirable traits like yield, disease resistance, and uniformity, but existing methods struggle to develop stable inbred plants with predictable performance due to non-uniformity in hybrid populations resulting from cross-pollination.

Innovation Solution

The development of the corn variety CV847814, which includes a cytoplasmic or nuclear factor for male sterility to prevent self-pollination, along with specific genetic loci for traits like herbicide tolerance and disease resistance, and the use of tissue cultures to regenerate plants with consistent physiological and morphological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to create hybrid corn populations, then genetic diversity and trait combination are improved, but uniformity and predictability of performance deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic diversityVSAvoiduniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program segments the hybridization process into controlled stages: first developing uniform inbred lines through self-pollination, then selectively crossing specific inbreds to create F1 hybrids. This segmentation allows genetic diversity to be introduced only at the crossing stage while maintaining uniformity within each stage's population.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Inbred parental lines are developed and stabilized through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection before hybridization. This preliminary action ensures that when crosses are made, the resulting F1 hybrids exhibit uniformity because both parents have fixed, homogeneous genotypes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to develop inbred lines, then uniformity and homozygosity are improved, but genetic diversity and adaptability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveuniformityVSAvoidgenetic diversity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Self-pollination is used as a preliminary action to fix desirable traits and achieve homozygosity in parental inbred lines. Once uniformity is established, these inbreds are then crossed to introduce genetic diversity in the F1 hybrid generation, which exhibits heterosis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The program discards the genetic diversity lost during inbred line development by recovering it through controlled cross-pollination between different inbred lines. The F1 hybrids recover genetic diversity while maintaining uniformity through their homogeneous heterozygous genotype.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #34Discarding and recovering

3Adaptability or versatility

If extensive breeding programs are implemented to combine multiple desirable traits, then trait versatility is improved, but program complexity and time requirements deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program is segmented into distinct phases: inbred line development, hybrid cross selection, and performance evaluation. This segmentation allows complex multi-trait combination to be achieved systematically by selecting inbreds with complementary traits and crossing them to concentrate desired characteristics in the F1 hybrid.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The inbred line development process serves multiple functions: it creates uniform parental material, fixes desirable traits, and establishes a foundation for future crosses. This multi-functional approach reduces overall program complexity by using the same inbred lines for both uniformity establishment and as parents for diverse hybrid combinations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8637748B2Plants and seeds of corn variety CV847814
Publication Date: 2014.01.28 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV847814. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV847814, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV847814 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV847814 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV847814.